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Sunset Lodge in Georgetown: The Story of a Madam
Hazel Weisse moved to Georgetown in 1936 and opened a brothel three miles south of Front Street. Despite being illegal, the business remained open for thirty-three years until Weisse's retirement in 1969. She was well known, shopping every week on Front Street and appearing in the newspaper as a donor to charitable causes. She sent her "sporting ladies'? to town for their weekly doctor visits, banking deposits and shopping trips. Weisse was also aware of the community around her business. She did not allow her employees free access to Georgetown. She approved their choices of clothes to wear to Front Street, warned them not to look at men on the sidewalk and forbade soliciting. Author David Gregg Hodges reveals the history and stories behind the Sunset Lodge.
160 pages, Paperback
Published September 2, 2019
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August 16, 2022
About half way through it. In the introduction, the author pretty much states that he apparently made up a lot of what he wrote or the people who provided information may have made it up.
I lived in Georgetown at the time Sunset was open and closed and know a fair amount about it. Never visited as such, although did make a delivery to back door once.
I can verify that it was well known in South Carolina and up and down US 17 (main highway between North and Florida). Book refers to "Coastal Road," but it was actually US 17.
The author keeps referring to businesses on Front St. which is fairly accurate, but I know for a fact that the madam and women also used businesses at other locations. One business is totally misidentified.
Overall, it gets to be kind of boring because he has these little 1-3 page vignettes with parts where he says the same things over and over again.
Book was in serious need of editing.
Interesting for those who lived in the area or visited Sunset, but probably not to others.
I lived in Georgetown at the time Sunset was open and closed and know a fair amount about it. Never visited as such, although did make a delivery to back door once.
I can verify that it was well known in South Carolina and up and down US 17 (main highway between North and Florida). Book refers to "Coastal Road," but it was actually US 17.
The author keeps referring to businesses on Front St. which is fairly accurate, but I know for a fact that the madam and women also used businesses at other locations. One business is totally misidentified.
Overall, it gets to be kind of boring because he has these little 1-3 page vignettes with parts where he says the same things over and over again.
Book was in serious need of editing.
Interesting for those who lived in the area or visited Sunset, but probably not to others.
October 1, 2019
More of a 4.5 star rating. We thoroughly enjoyed this book. Maybe it’s because I live in the Georgetown area and have an interest in the history around here. The author did a very thorough job with this research. I liked how each chapter is written as though an elder local is telling me the story.
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